STP 07-01-2017: Daytime Heating Kicked Off Isolated Showers/Thunderstorms

Issue Date: Saturday, July 1st, 2017
Issue Time: 10:10 AM MDT

Summary:

As is typical of Colorado during the summertime, daytime heating was enough to overcome morning stability, resulting in a few isolated showers/thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Most activity produced light-to-moderate rainfall, with attending gusty winds and lightning. Most activity ended by sunset, or shortly thereafter. According to CoCoRaHS observers, the big rainfall “winners” from yesterday are as follows:

Washington County: 0.28 inches
Yuma County: 0.28 inches
Las Animas County: 0.13 inches
Kit Carson County: 0.11 inches

No flooding occurred yesterday, nor were there any severe storm reports. Please see the STP map below for a look at precipitation totals from the last 24 hours.

Storm Total Precip Legend